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Description (Catalog Card): Head of a ram. Dark steatite. Cult object for fixing on a pole. The neck and head made in 2 pieces; the eyes originally inlaid (inlay missing); perfect except for chips out of one horn and the ears. The neck and the head are covered with a fleece conventially rendered in small locks, the face smooth, the horns crinkled. Very good work. [drawing 1:1]3     
Find Context (Catalog Card): A.H. in the ruined chaple R.C. (Ram Chapel) 11 Church Lane     
Material (Catalog Card): Steatite4     
Measurement (Catalog Card): H. 80mm, D. of neck 50mm     
[1] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[2] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[3] Woolley's description
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
Room 2 Court, The court (Room 2) was paved with bricks 0.30 m. sq.; its south wall had twelve courses of burnt brick with mud brick above, the north wall was destroyed to below floor level. At its west end were two sanctuaries each consisting of two small rooms, a fore-chamber and an inner shrine. (none)
House VII (none) (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Provisional Field Photo Album Provisional Field Photo Album (none) (none) (none)
Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:168 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:168 (none)
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Excavation Context: Ur >> AH Site | AH >> Church Lane >> No. 11 Church Lane >> Room 2

Excavation Context: Ur >> AH Site | AH >> House VII

References

Provisional Field Photo Album, .

Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan . (1976) Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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